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We like it here: Study finds most people born in Minnesota still live in the state

70.9% of the people born in the state still lived here as of 2021, according to a new study.

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Minneapolis Public Schools relaunches superintendent search

The district is still looking for a permanent successor to past superintendent Ed Graff.

Fall color should be poppin' in the Twin Cities in 2023

"It has been widely accepted in the in the horticultural landscape community that during drought years, you're going to get really brilliant fall colors."

Restaurant roundup: Litt Pinball Bar has an opening date, Lake Minnetonka's Vann to close

Catch up on the latest restaurant news from around the Twin Cities.

The group behind Centro is opening Bina&#x27;s, a &quot;dive bar-ish,&quot; next to its Northeast Minneapolis location early next year, per a news release.<ul><li>Expect classic bar fare, pull-tabs, and a bar stocked with Hamm&#x27;s and PBR.</li></ul>Litt Pinball Bar&#x27;s transformation of the beloved <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="former Liquor Lyle&#x27;s space" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2021/03/24/liquor-lyles-minneapolis-dive-bar-covid-open-closed" data-vars-content-id="e5d10df2-0a49-4df0-98db-289dc51fc8b0" data-vars-headline="Restaurant roundup: Litt Pinball Bar has an opening date, Lake Minnetonka&#x27;s Vann to close" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2021/03/24/liquor-lyles-minneapolis-dive-bar-covid-open-closed" target="_self">former Liquor Lyle&#x27;s space</a> is nearly complete. The second location of the popular pinball haven will officially debut Oct. 11, owners confirmed to Axios.

Why Twin Cities restaurants don't have any Michelin stars

Bringing Michelin to town can come with a hefty price tag.

Despite the prestigious Michelin Guide&#x27;s expansion to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="similar-sized" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2023/05/12/michelin-restaurants-florida-tampa-bay" data-vars-content-id="ba039596-b56e-4aff-ae02-b9444212062b" data-vars-headline="Why Twin Cities restaurants don&#x27;t have any Michelin stars" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2023/05/12/michelin-restaurants-florida-tampa-bay" target="_self">similar-sized</a> <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="cities" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2023/09/13/five-colorado-restaurants-earn-michelin-stars" data-vars-content-id="ba039596-b56e-4aff-ae02-b9444212062b" data-vars-headline="Why Twin Cities restaurants don&#x27;t have any Michelin stars" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2023/09/13/five-colorado-restaurants-earn-michelin-stars" target="_self">cities</a>, don&#x27;t expect its shiny stars to show up in the Twin Cities anytime soon.State of play: The Cities have received national recognition from organizations including the James Beard Awards and the New York Times, but have yet to receive acclaim from the Michelin Guide — the international reviewer that awards Michelin stars to the world&#x27;s best restaurants.

Illustration of a Michelin star on a spoon.

A look inside the Twin Cities' training camp for snowplow drivers

Dozens of drivers gathered this week and last for the annual Snow Plow Operators Training "roadeo."

A fleet of snowplows was out in force at a parking lot near the Minnesota state fairgrounds last Thursday, driving laps around bone-dry pavement under the blazing sun.Driving the news: Dozens of drivers gathered this week and last for the annual Snow Plow Operators Training &quot;roadeo,&quot; a required hands-on course run by public works agencies across the Twin Cities metro area.

"We got this wrong:" Minnesota's first legal cannabis director quits one day after job announcement

Erin DuPree, a hemp business owner, had been named to the post on Sept. 21.

The search is back on for a state official to lead the launch of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Minnesota&#x27;s newly legal marijuana market" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2023/07/31/minnesota-weed-legal-marijuana-what-to-know" data-vars-content-id="2906cc05-e0e9-47b2-ab90-93618949af5f" data-vars-headline="&quot;We got this wrong:&quot; Minnesota&#x27;s first legal cannabis director quits one day after job announcement" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2023/07/31/minnesota-weed-legal-marijuana-what-to-know" target="_self">Minnesota&#x27;s newly legal marijuana market</a>.Catch up fast: Gov. Tim Walz&#x27;s pick to lead the new Office of Cannabis Management, hemp business owner and consultant Erin DuPree, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="withdrew from the role on Friday evening" data-vars-click-url="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/09/22/potent-hemp-products-unpaid-bills-raise-questions-about-new-minnesota-cannabis-czar" data-vars-content-id="2906cc05-e0e9-47b2-ab90-93618949af5f" data-vars-headline="&quot;We got this wrong:&quot; Minnesota&#x27;s first legal cannabis director quits one day after job announcement" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/09/22/potent-hemp-products-unpaid-bills-raise-questions-about-new-minnesota-cannabis-czar" target="_blank">withdrew from the role on Friday evening</a>, just a day after her appointment was announced.

Gov Tim Walz and Erin Dupree in separate head shots

As brewery openings slow, Twin Cities distilleries look to take over

King Coil Spirits marks the latest addition to the wave of new openings.

As the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="brewery boom" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2023/06/26/craft-beer-minnesota-declines-thc-cocktails" data-vars-content-id="cdceca13-2ff4-410f-9572-e7c1ac4cf665" data-vars-headline="As brewery openings slow, Twin Cities distilleries look to take over" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2023/06/26/craft-beer-minnesota-declines-thc-cocktails" target="_self">brewery boom</a> slows, spirit-forward cocktail spots are swooping into the limelight. What&#x27;s happening: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="King Coil Spirits" data-vars-click-url="https://www.kingcoilspirits.com/" data-vars-content-id="cdceca13-2ff4-410f-9572-e7c1ac4cf665" data-vars-headline="As brewery openings slow, Twin Cities distilleries look to take over" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.kingcoilspirits.com/" target="_blank">King Coil Spirits</a>, a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="new distillery" data-vars-click-url="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxd8Mjxpsk5/" data-vars-content-id="cdceca13-2ff4-410f-9572-e7c1ac4cf665" data-vars-headline="As brewery openings slow, Twin Cities distilleries look to take over" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxd8Mjxpsk5/" target="_blank">new distillery</a> opening Friday from the group behind Lake Monster Brewing, is the latest in a wave of distillery-run cocktail rooms to open in the Twin Cities in less than a year.

Meet the woman tasked with regulating Minnesota's new legal marijuana market

Erin DuPree, the state's first director of the Office of Cannabis Management, has experience with

A business owner and consultant with experience in the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="hemp-derived cannabis industry" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2022/07/07/edibles-minnesota-businesses-legalized" data-vars-content-id="47d37771-75b2-469e-b6a6-2ca2930c37be" data-vars-headline="Meet the woman tasked with regulating Minnesota&#x27;s new legal marijuana market" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2022/07/07/edibles-minnesota-businesses-legalized" target="_self">hemp-derived cannabis industry</a> will lead a new agency tasked with overseeing <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="legal marijuana in Minnesota" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2023/07/31/minnesota-weed-legal-marijuana-what-to-know" data-vars-content-id="47d37771-75b2-469e-b6a6-2ca2930c37be" data-vars-headline="Meet the woman tasked with regulating Minnesota&#x27;s new legal marijuana market" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2023/07/31/minnesota-weed-legal-marijuana-what-to-know" target="_self">legal marijuana in Minnesota</a>. Driving the news: Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday named Erin DuPree as the state&#x27;s first director of the Office of Cannabis Management. She starts Oct. 2.

St. Paul set to vote on new rules restricting marijuana use in public places

Use of recreational marijuana became legal in Minnesota on Aug. 1.

St. Paul could soon join a growing number of cities adopting new rules meant to curtail smoking weed in public places in light of the state&#x27;s new legal marijuana law.The big picture: The state law, which took effect Aug. 1, effectively <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="authorized smoking and vaping" data-vars-click-url="https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2023/07/where-you-can-and-cant-smoke-marijuana-in-minnesota-come-aug-1/" data-vars-content-id="20a9ba05-7a6b-4b5b-b52b-41e0ce18bbd7" data-vars-headline="St. Paul set to vote on new rules restricting marijuana use in public places" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2023/07/where-you-can-and-cant-smoke-marijuana-in-minnesota-come-aug-1/" target="_blank">authorized smoking and vaping</a> in many outdoor spaces, leaving it up to local governments to decide whether to restrict or ban it in public areas.

Twin Cities residents still working from home in high numbers

More than one if five Twin Cities workers were still working from home in 2022

More than one in five people in the Twin Cities metro area who were working in 2022 did so from home, according to U.S. census data released last week. <ul><li>That&#x27;s down from 26% in 2021 but above the national average of 15.2%. </li></ul>

Dakota County ditches plan to seek state grant for permanent homeless shelter

While homelessness is most visible in Minneapolis and St. Paul, suburbs are also struggling with how to address the crisis.

Minnesota&#x27;s fastest growing county has pumped the brakes on a plan to build one of the first permanent homeless shelters for single adults in the Twin Cities&#x27; suburbs.Driving the news: Following an emotional and heated public meeting Tuesday, the Dakota County Board of Commissioners decided not to move forward with a proposal to seek a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="$10 million state grant" data-vars-click-url="https://mn.gov/dhs/partners-and-providers/grants-rfps/open-rfps/#/detail/appId/1/id/582269" data-vars-content-id="39f27ade-3a6a-4f6f-8e98-1d2926feb6ee" data-vars-headline="Dakota County ditches plan to seek state grant for permanent homeless shelter" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://mn.gov/dhs/partners-and-providers/grants-rfps/open-rfps/#/detail/appId/1/id/582269" target="_blank">$10 million state grant</a> to convert an Eagan hotel into a site that would&#x27;ve provided 24/7 housing and other services.

Illustration of the dotted outline of a house key, but no house key.

What to do about boxelder bugs in Minnesota

If it seems like you're seeing more of the bugs, it's likely due to drought the last few years.

If you&#x27;ve noticed more boxelder bugs on your house in recent years, you can probably <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="thank the drought" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2023/06/09/minnesota-drought-abnormally-dry-hot-june-rain-forecast" data-vars-content-id="167bcb32-002e-47dc-ac57-e21ecdc1ab81" data-vars-headline="What to do about boxelder bugs in Minnesota" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2023/06/09/minnesota-drought-abnormally-dry-hot-june-rain-forecast" target="_self">thank the drought</a>. Why it matters: While the pests aren&#x27;t harmful to you or your house, they creep people out. If you&#x27;re like me, you&#x27;re wondering what to do about them as they begin congregating on your south-facing walls every fall.

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